Digital Media : Indiana University Southeast

Our graduate certificate in digital media delivers a unique mix of substance and flexibility to help you attain your goals. And it places you within easy reach of a master’s degree, to help you advance at a time when synergies among varied skillsets is in high demand.

Certificate Requirements

All of the requirements for the graduate certificate are also requirements for the master’s degree. Students who choose to continue would need to complete an additional M.I.S. seminar, 9 additional elective credit hours, and 6 credit hours of work on a thesis project. In total, completing the Master of Interdisciplinary Studies would require an additional 19 credit hours.

Required Courses

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Required Courses
6 credit hours

IDIS-D 511 / JOUR-J 301 - Social Media Strategies
IDIS-D 513 / INFO-I 300 - Human Computer Interaction

Choose one of the following
3 credit hours

IDIS-D 513 / INFO-I 330 - Legal and Social Informatics of Security
IDIS-D 513 / INFO-I 441 - Interaction Design Practice

Choose two of the following
6 credit hours

IDIS-D 511 / COMM-S 307 - Crisis Management
IDIS-D 511 / COMM-I 334 - Public Relations in Strategic Communication
IDIS-D 511 / JOUR-J 494 - Digital Media Practicum
IDIS-D 511 / JOUR-J 303 - Online Journalism
IDIS-D 511 / JOUR-J 344 - Photojournalism Reporting
IDIS-D 511 / JOUR-J 362 - Journalism Multimedia Storytelling

Advising

Advising in the M.I.S. graduate certificate program takes place both during the admissions process, when the director schedules an initial conversation with the applicant upon receipt of the complete application, and continuously over the course of the program, as individual degree pathways evolve.

For more information, contact Dr. Sara Walsh, director of the M.I.S. program.